Neotibicen bermudianus, also colloquially known as the Bermuda cicada, is an extinct species of annual cicada that was endemic to the island of Bermuda.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Neotibicen |
| Species: | †N. bermudianus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Neotibicen bermudianus (Verrill, 1902)
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Taxonomy edit
Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, of the Eastern United States is the most closely related species of Neotibicen behaviorally, morphologically, and genetically to the Bermuda cicada.[3]
Extinction edit
Populations of this species were historically abundant on Bermuda, but they plummeted sharply in the middle twentieth century after the decline of their preferred host: the Bermuda cedar.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Bermuda cicada. Bermuda Online".
- ^ "bermuda cicada". 3 August 2015.
- ^ Lee, Young June (December 2016). "Description of three new genera, Paratibicen, Gigatibicen, and Ameritibicen, of Cryptotympanini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a key to their species". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 9 (4): 448–454. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.09.002.
- ^ "Bermuda Cicada". The Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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